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Offline ninjaaksel

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ipod mini not installing
« on: May 27, 2008, 11:12:15 AM »
so i found out about rockbox and it sounded really cool so i thought i would install it
so i got the .rockbox folder and put it in the root of my ipod when i run ipodpatcher.exe it says [info] scanning disks... [err] no ipods found MY IPOD IS PLUGGED IN!!!

operating system Vista
ipod mini 2gb
latest fw installed
officail fw works
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Offline LambdaCalculus

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Re: ipod mini not installing
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2008, 11:16:36 AM »
Did you run iPodpatcher with Admin privileges?
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Offline ninjaaksel

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Re: ipod mini not installing
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2008, 11:18:18 AM »
yes im on admin



my bad my bad its a 2nd gen nano i think i downloaded the wrong installer


still no ipods found
« Last Edit: May 27, 2008, 11:31:54 AM by ninjaaksel »
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Offline Febs

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Re: ipod mini not installing
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2008, 11:30:30 AM »
Rockbox does not run on the 2nd generation Nano.
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Offline ninjaaksel

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Re: ipod mini not installing
« Reply #4 on: May 27, 2008, 11:36:33 AM »
dang when do you think it will?
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Re: ipod mini not installing
« Reply #5 on: May 27, 2008, 11:37:45 AM »
When someone works on it.
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Re: ipod mini not installing
« Reply #6 on: May 27, 2008, 01:16:32 PM »
Quote from: ninjaaksel on May 27, 2008, 11:18:18 AM
my bad my bad its a 2nd gen nano i think i downloaded the wrong installer
Rockbox Utility (the installer intended for the majority of people) would have told you that it's an Ipod version Rockbox doesn't run on ... (we have detection of Nano 2G / 3G and Classic since the last release).
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